San Ranieri, Pisa, hotel review – a good base for exploring Tuscany
In early September, my wife and I spent a week exploring Tuscany and used the Hotel San Ranieri on the…
5 tips to make your 500px.com photos rank high in search results
In August, I published 15 tips to get your photos Popular on 500px.com. As I mentioned, each photo you upload gets…
Ukip steals Tory and Labour core vote
And so, with Douglas Carswell's landslide victory in Clacton, Ukip has won its first ever MP. It also came close…
Constitutional chaos?
Even before the final result to the Scottish independence referendum had been declared, David Cameron seized the initiative first thing…
15 tips for getting your photo Popular on 500px.com
I've been a member of 500px.com for about 18 months and have seen many – but by no means all…
Sunlit uplands on the Blackdown Hills
Nearly a month ago, I went out on a dawn shoot on the Blackdown Hills in Somerset. My main intention…
Guest blog today for Ordnance Survey
I guest blogged today for my employer, Ordnance Survey. My topic is using maps in photography and I explain how I use…
Dawn shoot in the Cotswolds
Whilst on a family weekend away a few weeks ago, I crept out of our hotel at something like 4.30 am to…
Serge Ramelli – inspirational Lightroom post-processing
If you're looking for inspiration in terms of new ways to post-process your raw photo images, I commend to you…
Queen Mary 2 celebrates her 10th anniversary
Fireworks on 9 May 2014 Cunard marked the tenth anniversary of the naming of its liner Queen Mary 2 with…